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Divorce When a Business is Involved
When you own a business with a partner, your divorce will impact that person too. Of course, if you have a carefully crafted Premarital Agreement along with a solid shareholder agreement, your path will be much easier. If you don’t however, you may need to be prepared for a complicated road ahead. At Alternative Divorce […]
Avoid these celebrity mistakes by creating and updating your Estate Plan!
Celebrity news can often seem like a lot of false and meaningless gossip, but every once in the while we can find something valuable hidden within it. Phillip Seymour Hoffman, an actor who tragically died of a drug overdose earlier this year, has been making headlines again but this time for his estate planning. In […]
Parenting Plans that Stand the Test of Time
Even when a couple comes into the divorce mediation process ready and willing to cooperate, building a parenting plan that will stand the test of time can be difficult. This is because there will be a lot of changes in the lives of the minor children involved as they get older. As mediators, we must […]
How to Manage Fear in the Divorce Mediation Process
Whether people realize this or not, there is a lot of fear involved in getting a divorce. Before a couple walks into their divorce mediator’s office for the first time, there could be hundreds of thoughts running through their minds. This is usually the first time they have had to think through some really tough […]
A Parent’s Plan: Taking Control of Your Family’s Future
There is nothing more important than your family. You may spend your days working hard to provide for them, cooking for them, helping them with homework, or shuttling them around to sports programs, all while constantly showering them with love and support. But have you prepared for what would happen to them in your absence? […]
What Does Fairness Mean in Divorce Mediation?
Divorce mediation is certainly its own animal. Many couples come to our office and ask us what is “normal” in divorce mediation, or what is “standard”. The answer is that there is no normal or standard. In divorce mediation, couples get to craft their own Agreement from scratch. At Alternative Divorce Solutions, we do not […]
Preserving Your Family Legacy in Divorce Mediation
I blog a lot about issues relating to divorce mediation and what couples can do to make the whole process more seamless and less stressful. Today’s blog is going to be a little different, as I am going to give some insight into why I believe the things I do about divorce mediation. Everything I […]
Is Financial Disclosure Important In Divorce Mediation?
As a divorce mediator, I have couples come in from time to time that have already come to an agreement prior to engaging in the mediation process. Often times, these couples have met together, reviewed their assets, debts, incomes and expenses, and done their best to create an agreement between them that is fair. When […]
Graduation and Important Events Should be Top of Mind During Divorce Mediation
The year 2014 has been flying by. It really feels like it has been the fastest year of my life! With that, graduation season really crept up this year. We had so many clients that had children graduating from high school and college all at once. Naturally, they were nervous about how things would go […]
Always be Prepared – How to Make Your Divorce Mediation Checklist
The success of a divorce mediation depends on a lot of factors such as the willingness of the couple to cooperate, level of contention, and complexity of the case. Typically, creating a Marital Settlement Agreement (or Stipulated Judgment) that both people is fair is a team effort. The divorce mediator must do his/her job to […]
5 Things You Should Ask Your Accountant About During Divorce Mediation.
Mediation is a great alternative to litigation. It saves you time, money, and emotional energy. That being said, there are some cases that are more complicated to resolve than others. As a divorce mediator, my role is to provide the couple with the legal information they will need to make good decisions about their own […]
3 Scenarios Where Divorce Mediation May Not Work
At Alternative Divorce Solutions, we are proud that we have a 97% settlement rate for our divorce mediation cases. This means that 97% of our clients who start the divorce mediation process will successfully end the process having reached a mutually agreeable settlement that gets formally filed with the court in Orange County. While we […]